The Collaborative Farming Grant Scheme was introduced to encourage farmers who are establishing farm partnerships to adopt best practice by engaging the help of experts when drawing up the farm partnership agreement.

The grant is aimed at covering part of the legal, advisory and financial services costs incurred in the drawing up of the partnership agreement.

The current (fourth) tranche is open for applications from farm partnerships recently placed on the Department’s register - these farmers will receive a notice via email.

The online application must be completed and submitted by Friday 28 July 2017. Copies of detailed invoices and receipts for the legal, advisory and financial services incurred in the drawing up of the Farm Partnership Agreement must also be forwarded to the Department before this deadline.

The payment will be calculated up to 50% of the VAT-exclusive costs incurred in the drawing up of the agreement, up to a maximum payment of €2,500.

Payments relating to the fourth tranche will issue in September/October 2017.